Chronology Of Turner's Career

April 1972: A tally showed that 32 states had taken legal action against Koscot and Dare to be Great, contending illegal sales methods.

March 1972: As his legal problems mounted, Turner stepped down as chairman of his wholly owned umbrella company, Glenn W. Turner Enterprises.

April 1972: Turner predicted that by 1980 he would be president of the country.

January 1973: U.S. District Judge George C. Young of Orlando voided Turner's transfer of his south Seminole County estate to one of his foreign companies, assuring the Internal Revenue Service of a chance to collect part of its liens.

July 1973: A federal judge in Pittsburgh lumped together more than 1,000 lawsuits into a class-action suit seeking nearly $1 billion from Turner. A few months later, Turner turned Koscot over to friends.

August 1974: While visiting West Germany, Turner was arrested at the request of British authorities and spent two weeks in jail. The British said they were investigating fraud charges, but then dropped extradition proceedings.

November 1974: Turner lost bid for the Democratic nomination to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate.

October 1979: Turner plea bargained his way out of felony mail fraud charges, pleading guilty to a misdemeanor and paying a $5,000 fine.

March 1979: Turner organized Nature World, another motivational firm, but insists he is only a consultant.

October 1979: The Federal Trade Commission got a $44 million judgment against Turner to reimburse 80,000 people for cosmetics distributorships they purchased.

November 1982: Turner lost a race to represent Seminole County in the state Legislature.